diff --git a/srcpkgs/aide/files/aide.conf b/srcpkgs/aide/files/aide.conf
index b10f44bfa26..c2e1447dcdc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aide/files/aide.conf
+++ b/srcpkgs/aide/files/aide.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 @@define LOGDIR /var/log/aide
 
 # The location of the database to be read.
-database=file:@@{DBDIR}/aide.db.gz
+database_in=file:@@{DBDIR}/aide.db.gz
 
 # The location of the database to be written.
 #database_out=sql:host:port:database:login_name:passwd:table
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ database_out=file:@@{DBDIR}/aide.db.new.gz
 gzip_dbout=yes
 
 # Default.
-verbose=5
+log_level=warning
+report_level=minimal
 
 report_url=file:@@{LOGDIR}/aide.log
 report_url=stdout
diff --git a/srcpkgs/aide/template b/srcpkgs/aide/template
index 37fa9a44d2b..208a291f59f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aide/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aide/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'aide'
 pkgname=aide
-version=0.17.3
+version=0.17.4
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-mhash --with-posix-acl --with-prelink --with-xattr
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://aide.github.io/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/aide/aide/releases/download/v${version}/aide-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a2eb1883cafaad056fbe43ee1e8ae09fd36caa30a0bc8edfea5d47bd67c464f8
+checksum=c81505246f3ffc2e76036d43a77212ae82895b5881d9b9e25c1361b1a9b7a846
 
 post_configure() {
 	vsed -i config.h -e 's/cross/ino_t/g'